Approaching Pelion Gap in the snow
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Lap of Pelion East – August 2020

In 2011, on an autumn mission to Kia Ora Falls and Castle Crag, I was walking the Overland Track just past Kia Ora hut around 11am. An unlikely group of runners approached from the south. They were completing what they dubbed, “The Lap of Pelion East.” Nine years later, Kylie and I were looking for a winter adventure and decided to complete a 'Lap' of our own.
2013 Trail Running
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2013 Trail Running

Where have I been the past 12 months?  Trail running mainly.  My first interstate trail run was the 2013 Roller Coaster Run in Victoria's Dandenong Ranges.  Little did I know just how good this trail running caper can be. At the Roller Coaster I met a girl, fell in love... and the rest, as they say, is history.  Many trail runs…
Mt Ossa from The Paddocks
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Mt Ossa from The Paddocks

Despite BBPAC17 being an extremely active camp, I spent most of it in an office directing traffic which was roaming by the bus load far and wide over this wonderful island.  Consequently, I got to the end of camp feeling emotionally and spiritually drained but physically I felt ready to tackle a mountain marathon. Pine Hut Plain Mt Ossa…